Legal Opinion
Clare W. Lentz v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1970No. 28764_1PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
This is a suit by the wife of a deceased insured to recover the proceeds of a life insurance policy. The life insurance company defended by showing that the insured had made false statements in procuring the policy. After making careful findings of fact and conclusions of law, the district court rendered judgment for the insurance company. We affirm. 1
Sometime in early 1964 an agent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company solicited Mr. Henry Lentz for a life insurance policy. Mr. Lentz purchased a ten-year term policy in the amount of $14,500. The insurance…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gay v. United Benefit Life Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
- George W. Gibbs and Kathleen I. Gibbs v. Laurie W. Tomlinson, District Director of Internal Revenue for the District of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Knight v. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- Radosta v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
- Lamark v. Lincoln Income Life Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Kenneth Poy Lee and Chow Joy Lee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Edward T. Rickard, and Bessie Rickard, Individually, Etc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. American Bank of CommerceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,615 Dan J. Croy and Anne S. Croy v. Winfield M. CampbellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Horace Case v. Arthur E. MorrisetteCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
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